burkni

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• burkn

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Old Swedish and Old Danish have brækne, which might be cognate or ancestor.”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʏr̥knɪ/

Noun

burkni m (genitive singular burkna, nominative plural burknar)

1. fern, bracken
2. wood fern (Dryopteris)

Declension

declension of burkni

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	burkni	burkninn	burknar	burknarnir
accusative	burkna	burknann	burkna	burknana
dative	burkna	burknanum	burknum	burknunum
genitive	burkna	burknans	burkna	burknanna

Derived terms

• byrkningur
• dílaburkni (“broad buckler fern (Dryopteris dilatata)”)
• hlíðaburkni (“parsley fern (Cryptogramma crispa)”)
• klettaburkni (“green spleenwort (Asplenium viride)”)
• skjaldburkni (“holly fern (Polystichum lonchitis)”)
• stóriburkni (“male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)”)
• svartburkni (“maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)”)
• þríhyrnuburkni (“long beech fern (Phegopteris connectilis)”)